Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management, with CD (2013-2014)

Name: Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management, with CD (2013-2014)
Brand: CCH U.S.
SKU: 9780808033745
Price: 2318.30 HKD
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Author: Jae K. Shim; Joel G. Siegel; Nick Dauber
ISBN: 9780808033745

Edited by Jae K. Shim · Joel G. Siegel · Nick Dauber

CCH U.S. June 2013

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780808033745
Publisher: CCH U.S.
Publication: June 2013
Format: Paperback + CD-ROM , 1648 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

CCH's Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management is a comprehensive source of practical solutions, strategies, techniques, procedures, and formulas covering all key aspects of accounting and financial management. Its examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions, and other practical working tools simplify complex financial management issues and give CFOs, corporate financial managers, and controllers quick answers to day-to-day questions.

The Handbook covers important developments in government rules, accounting procedures, taxation and information technology. It includes references to relevant topics of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification references, as well as Accounting Standards Updates. The practical, hands-on guidance helps diagnose a firm's financial health, boost financial results, avoid unpleasant surprises, cut costs, and make financial decisions with confidence.

This edition also includes a free, back-of-the book CD-ROM containing searchable PDFs of each chapter, along with the following Excel forms:

Capital Budgeting: Advice of Project Change Form
Capital Budgeting: Appropriation Request Form
Capital Budgeting: Economic Feasibility Study for a New Information System
Capital Budgeting: Initial Cash Outlay and Operating Costs Checklist for a New Information System
Capital Budgeting: Lease Versus Purchase Evaluation Report
Capital Budgeting: Project Application Form
Internal Control: Internal Control Assessment Form
Internal Control: Computer Applications
Checklist: Medium to Large Business
Internal Control: Financial Reporting Information Systems and Controls Checklist — Medium to Large Business
Variance Analysis: Daily Labor Mix Report
Variance Analysis: Daily Material Usage Report by Week
Variance Analysis: Labor Performance Report
Variance Analysis: Monthly Material Variance Report
Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Regional Sales Manager
Variance Analysis: Marketing Performance Report for a Vice-President

The 2013 -2014 edition of the Corporate Controller's Handbook of Financial Management contains 60 chapters covering the following topic areas:

Responsibilities of the Controller
SEC Reporting
Controller's Reports
Information Technology Applications, including
- Chapters on database management Systems and the client/server environment
- Using computers in Financial decision making
- XBRL
- Cloud computing
- Wireless Technology
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, including
- Financial statement Reporting
- Accounting and disclosures
- Interim and segmental Reporting
Management Accounting, including
- Product costing Systems and classifications
- Joint products and by-products
- Analysis of cost behavior
- Cost-volume-profit Analysis and leverage
- Cost allocation
- Contribution margin Analysis for nonroutine decisions
- Budgeting and Financial modeling
- Using Variance Analysis
- Improving management Performance
- ABC
- JIT
- TQM
- Decision making in corporate Financial management
Internal Auditing and Control, including
- Internal audit of Financial statement accounts
- Internal audit function and Internal Control
- Forensic Accounting
Financial and Risk Analysis and Financial Forecasting, including
- Financial statement Analysis
- Managing Analysis of operations
- Controlling revenue and Costs
- Managing and analyzing Risk
- Reengineering and outsourcing the Business
- Derivative products and Financial engineering
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Divestiture
- Business strategies and shareholder value Analysis
- Financial and earnings Forecasting
- Cash flow Forecasting and Cash Budgeting
- Forecasting corporate Financial distress
- Corporate valuations
Liquidity and Treasury, including
- Management of working Capital and Cash
- Accounts receivable
- Investory
- Corporate investments in securities
- Portfolio diversification and Risk management
- Short- and long-term financing
- Term loans and leasing
- Warrants and convertibles
- Cost of Capital and Capital structure decisions
Tax Preparation and Planning, including
- Payroll taxes
- How taxes affect Business decisions

About the Author

Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is a financial consultant to several companies and Professor of Accounting and Finance at California State University in Long Beach. Dr. Shim has 40 books to his credit and has published more than 50 articles in accounting and financial journals.

Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is a self-employed certified public accountant and professor of accounting at Queens College of the City University of New York. Previously, he was employed by Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen. Dr. Siegel has acted as a consultant in accounting to many organizations, including Citicorp, International Telephone and Telegraph, United Technologies, American Institute of CPAs, and Person-Wolinsky Associates. He is the author of 68 books and 300 articles on accounting topics. Dr. Siegel was the recipient of the Outstanding Educator of America Award and has served as chairperson of the National Oversight Board.

Nick Dauber, MS, CPA, is an accounting practitioner with client responsibilities primarily in auditing and taxation. His prior experience includes service as an audit and tax manager at a CPA firm. He is also an Instructor of Auditing and Taxation at Queens College of the City University of New York and was a lecturer and writer in auditing and taxation for Person-Wolinsky Associates.